WHEN GOD, with gracious love,His promise true would prove,He sent strong GabrielHis angel swift and fell,From heav’n to Galilee; :To Nazareth came he,Yea, to a virgin came,And Mary was her name,Whom Joseph, pledged by vow,Had not yet come to know.

2. The messenger beganHis errand to explain,And with great joy and cheer,Made all to Mary clear,With words of tenderness :Hail, Mary, full of grace;The Lord and God most highIs with thee now and nigh,And blest, O blest, art thouAmong all women now.

4. The virgin answered then,My heart has known no men,And none to me yet cleave,Nor can I now conceiveHow else this thing shall be. :He said: Behold, in theeThis wondrous mysteryThe Holy Ghost shall doAnd thou conceive the trueAnd very Son of God.

5. Then Mary faith expressed,And with her mouth confessed:I am the Lord’s true maid;Let be as thou hast said;My will in His is stayed.The pow’r of God her gracedIn maidenhead all chaste,Conceived in chamber new,The Christ, our Savior true,And Gabriel then withdrew.

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I am a Lutheran layman, artist and linguist currently living in the Mid-South. I have a double BA from CSU Long Beach in German Studies and Classical Civilization (Emph.: Greek World) and an MFA in Painting & Drawing from San Francisco Art Institute.